Chandigarh, May 22 -- The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Thursday arrested Jagjivan Singh, Superintendent at the office of the Director, State Transport-Cum MD PUNBUS for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000.
An official spokesperson of the VB said the accused Superintendent was arrested following a complaint lodged by a private transporter and a resident of village Dharar, in Amritsar district.
The complaint has alleged that the said accused was demanding Rs 5,000 per bus (totaling Rs 20,000) to approve the release of his Rs 2 lakh security deposit with the department.
The complainant had recorded the conversation providing irrefutable evidence of the demand. As per the complaint the refund pertains to the four buses of the com...